July 13th, 2007 AAAIIGGHH!!
Friday the 13th!
I'm currently
writing the theme for AAAAAH! Indie Horror Hits, Volume 1 of
which is coming to DVD September 2007!! Check out the website
at www.aaaaah-films.com.
Finished production on singer/songwriter Nomi Rakaposhi's patriotic
song, "Canada, We Stand For Thee", which you can hear at his
myspace
site. I'll be beginning the music for an episode of director
Steve Hutton's (Most Guys Today, Fluff) series, "Playing the
Game" in Fall.
April
18th, 2007
I took a
'break' from 'The Uninvited' to score the unusual and Gilliams-esque
'The Part of The Man', directed by Kevin Greene. Shot on 35mm
on a grant from Panasonic, this 22 minute film looks and sounds
great, with a great cast and a fun, twisted plot with lots of
dark humor. It was a great challenge to work on this film; Kevin
Greene had me stretching the usual boundaries of style, mixing
frantic tribal drumming with 80's synth pop and North African
instrumentation. I'm very pleased with how this project turned
out, and am excited for it to hit the festival circuit. Now,
I am back for the home stretch of the score for 'The Uninvited'.
The final mix will clock in at around 50 minutes or orchestral
music, the longest score I have composed, and another fantastic
challenge of my skills.
February
23rd, 2007
Welcome
to the New Year!2006 wrapped up nicely - a very busy and successful
year all around. Currently, I'm working on a feature film called
'The Uninvited' - a thriller shot in Chicago, Il. by
TwoPunk Productions. I was very impressed by the script, and
the film is turning out to be a very fun and creative challenge
to score. Look for this feature in the festival circuits whithin
this year! On the performing side of things, I am rehearsing
with new indie-rock collective The Kindhearted Bankers. The
tunes are shaping up, and we'll be gigging in the Toronto area
by Summer. Finally, look for a complete overhaul to the website,
which will be up and running within the next two months... a
new look for a new year!
June
21st, 2006
Completed
work on Mark Bochsler's 'Tea with Mother', a short film
based on a screenplay by Toronto author Michael Mortensen. It
was a gruelling schedule and very challenging work, but I'm
very happy with the results! I'm beginning work on a very interesting
feature film titled 'Starport Oberon'. It's a Sci-Fi-Drama
which will be shot primarily on green-screen, and I'm getting
to write very exciting, sweeping orchestral music for it. It's
still in pre-production, and I'm working on themes and sketches
for the time being. Great news for 'Dust
of the Earth', which has been doing the festival circuit:
it has recently won BEST DOCUMENTARY AWARD at the FirstGlance
Philadelphia Film Festival, and has been accepted for First
Glance in Hollywood, CA, to be screened in December! As well,
DigiFestival.net, an online digital film, new media, and music
festival stationed in Italy, has chosen Dust
of the Earth as one of it's featured documentaries and will
be available for download August 15 through September 15, 2006.
Congratulations to director Rebecca
Rose and the crew on all the screenings and successes!
February
24th, 2006
Happy
2006!
Wow, I didn't
realize how long it's been since an update!
After a
bit of a slow-down around Christmas, it's back to full speed
as I dive headlong into new projects and ventures with my filmmaking
friends and co-conspirators. This is going to be a stellar year,
with much creativity, and - I predict - much success for all.
There have been a couple of additions to my growing resume
of film scores... I have also been focusing the majority of
my energy into completing an alternative/electronic album I've
had in the works for a while now - I'm VERY excited about this
coming to fruition and being sent out into the Big Bad World
to the ears of the masses - I think it's going to be a hit.
Keep your eyes and ears posted - there WILL be FREE MP3s to
be had, if you know where to find them! More info on that project
VERY SOON.In other news, I will be entering the Turner
Classic Movies Young Film Composers Competition, which is
for the first time in it's 7 year run open to us Canucks up
North!! I'm REALLY excited about this incredible opportunity
- the Grand Prize Winner will receive $10,000 US, and will complete
the score to the 1927 silent film 'The Show' - while - wait
for it - while being mentored by none other than the great Hans
Zimmer! I am itching to get started, excercise my chops in what
will certainly be the most gruelling test of my abilities, and
will challenge me to learn and perform like never before. This
is such an endeavor and I intend to put so much into it that
I will be keeping a diary of the process, which I will post
links to here.Wish me luck!!Finally - A BIG HUGE CONGRATULATIONS
to my good friend ETERNIA,
who has been nominated for a JUNO for her debut album, "It's
Called Life". For those of you who do not know, the JUNO
is like Canada's Grammy Award, and one of the highest honours
a musician can receive.
November
2nd, 2005
The 'Many
Remixes Of' Competition is open to public voting!! Show your
support by voting now! You can hear my contribution to the contest
by clicking on the links below - there is a choice of a full
version, or a clip for those with short attention... ok, bored
with that sentence. NEXT! Full
Length: 'SUNSHINE (Island Rocksteady Mix)' : Adrian Ellis &
Nicky PrinceClip:
'SUNSHINE (Island Rocksteady Mix)' : Adrian Ellis & Nicky Prince
(Clip)To VOTE:1] Register at www.TheManyMoodsOf.com
2] Log in 3] Go to http://planetbreakz.net/npforum/viewtopic.php?t=46
and vote! THANKS!!!!
September
22nd, 2005
Congratulations
to Eternia on her massively successful CD and Video launch,
which happened last night at Dream Lounge! I had an amazing
time performing live with her and beatboxer/producer supreme,
Subliminal. Despite a last minute venue change and initial sound
problems, the turnout was great, the performances memorable,
the video looks incredible, and Muchmusic and other tv/radio
stations of note were there to cover the event - as she would
say, it was DOPE! Also, I got to hear some tracks from the new
album, It's Called Life, before last fridays rehearsal,
and it is amazing: if you like Hip Hop - a must have.
If you do not yet know that you like Hip Hop, this will
be the thing that makes you realize you do. I predict BIG THINGS
for her this year, when this album drops - in stores OCTOBER
4th. Keep posted to her website
for details, and keep watching your music TV station for the
new video for the single, 'Evidence'.
September
9th, 2005
Looking
forward to seeing a premiere of Vivieno Caldinelli's hilarious
'Greeksploitation' flick "Gyro Full of Dollars", which
I had a blast writing additional orchestral, surf rock, and
heavy metal tracks for! The Nicky Prince remix competition is
in full swing: I am working on a reggae/dub-rock version of
the song which, frankly, rocks thus far. Keep posted for details!Finally,
I am very excited to announce my working with Ryan Edwards Communication
on an exciting piece for Ryerson University's Chang School of
Continuing Education, to premiere on September 21st. On that
same night, incidentally, I will be supplying some very low
frequencies when I play le bass guitare for an 'acoustic' set
with a beatboxer at Eternia's CD/Video release party - Sugar
Club, 57 Duncan St at 7 p.m. For details, check out her site
at www.eternia.ca!!
Low and lovin' it!
June
6th, 2005
New
Music Added!Check out some new and newly added music!
Upcoming:
Vote for me in the upcoming 'Many Remixes Of' Competition, where
I will have a chance to remix a track by UK Funk/Soul artist,
Nicky Prince. It's another international competition where producers
from around the world will be flexing their creative muscles
to give the track a new flavor. I will post the details of the
competition as they come - at this point the tracks have yet
to be released. In the meantime, check out the website!
June
1st, 2005
Third
Place!! (tie)The results came in from the 2005
IndieClub Composer Competition a while ago, but I wanted
to wait till the articles were posted before I shared the news.
I am very proud to have placed third, tieing with Ron Meza.
The entries were very good, and the winners are well deserving.
I am in good company - the winners have scored work for NBC,
ABC, and Fox amongst others, and have enviable CV's, so it's
an honor just to place. Looking down this news list, I see that
I am just shy of 2 months from my 1 year anniversary, so this
is a great way to close what has been a great year!! Jordan
Garren has posted the first of what will hopefully be a number
of articles following up the competition, and interviewing the
individual composers: http://www.roguecinema.com/article-298--0-0.html
Check for updates in the coming months. Also, I am waiting excitedly
for Unspeakable Magazines contribution! Thanks again to all
involved in making this a great experience - Richard McClure,
Mike Conway, all at Unspeakable Mag and Rogue Cinema, and all
the contestants and winners - Congratulations!
April
28, 2005
The
2005
IndieClub Composer Competition is in full swing, with 16
of the original 28 composers posting their final work and the
voting process underway. There are some great entries, and the
competition is tight!The Canadian Filmmakers Festival was a
big success, and the screening of Steep Decision was well received
by a full house at the Carlton Cinemas. It was a wonderful weekend
of celebration; thanks to all who attended the screening! I
also had a chance to see the final screening of the graduating
class at Humber College, where Shawn Neely's film 'Moonlit'
was premiered. There is just a ton of talent coming out of that
group this year, it was great to see their films. On May 14th,
the graduating class from Ryerson's Image Arts Film School show
their work at the Royal Cinema, where 'Dust of the Earth' will
be screened.
April
1, 2005
Jordan
Garren has written an excellent article covering the 2005
IndieClub Composer Competition for Rogue
Cinema Magazine. Check it out, as well as all the other
fantastic features at RC!!http://www.roguecinema.com/article248.html
March
23, 2005
Thanks
to everyone who voted for us in Zed's 'Zero to Sixty' competition!
We didn't win, but voter turnout was great, it was great exposure.
Infinity³
News:
Short
film 'Steep Decision' has been accepted and will be shown at
this years Schweppes' Canadian Filmmakers Festival (http://www.canfilmfest.ca)
on Sunday, April 10th, at 2 pm, at the wonderful Cineplex Odeon
Carlton located at Yonge and Carlton (see the website for more
details.) There will be other great films and workshops, including
Don McKellars 'Childstar', and a workshop with Sarah Polley,
so check it out!
Other
News:
I
am just wrapping up a score for Shawn Neely's werewolf thriller,
'Moonlit'. I will post some of that work soon, it was a lot
of fun, and I think the score turned out very well. I am now
beginning work on another film, entitled 'Dust
of the Earth', a documentary about the nature of intelligence,
creation, and AI by filmmaker Rebecca Rose. It's going to be
a great film and I'm very excited about being a part of it.Finally,
the competition is getting started in the 2005
IndieClub Composer Competition , which I helped organise
on www.indieclub.com.
Right now, the composers are voting on the clips which were
submitted by members, and will then score them until the April
20th deadline, at which time the community at indieclub votes
on their favorite! The top five will be interviewed in Unspeakable
magazine, and Rogue
Cinema! Wish me luck... there are some heavy hitters out
there!! I am looking into making some changes to the web site,
including the some things are organized, what clips are presented
and how, and new photographs, so check back soon!
January
21, 2005
Happy
New Year!!I just received word that "Stealing First"
has been accepted as a top ten finalist (out of about 80 submissions)
for CBC's ZeD TV's online short film contest "Zero to Sixty"!
Please visit the site and give us your vote! http://zed.cbc.ca/go.ZeD
?POS=1&CONTENT_ID=211542&FILTER_ KEY=97777&page=content Thanks!!
December
9, 2004
After
a heavenly hiaitus in Hawai'i, I'm back, and things are really
cooking. Infinity³ has quite a few things to celebrate
- apart from receiving the "Best Technical Achievement"
award for "Duplication
Violation" at the One Minute Film and Video Festival,
and being written up in the Oakville
Beaver, they have (unofficially) launched websites for their
production companies: www.jleaverpresentations.com,
and www.infinity3.ca.
I am keeping busy with a number of projects in the works - it
looks as if 2005 will be a busy year!
October
21, 2004
More
good news!Infinity³'s submissions to the One Minute Film
and Video Festival (www.minutefilmfest.com)
have been accepted and will be screened at the Bloor Cinema
on Thursday, November 18, 2004. Congrat's to all involved!
September
29, 2004
Great
news! On Monday, September 27th, we received word that Infinity³'s
submission to the 48 hour film fest (Film 2880) placed third
overall! Congratulations to all who worked on the film. Check
the Film
2880 website soon for a complete selection of the films:
apparantly, there were quite a few worthy submissions this year.
September
15, 2004
I've
finally got film on my site!I've been working like nuts since
the last post. There have been a couple of new shorts finished
for Shawn Willings' and Jason Leaver's Infinity³ Productions,
including the amazing 'Steep Decision', which was produced in
a sheer 48 hours and submitted to the Film 2880 Festival (for
you math challenged folks - 2880 minutes = 48 hours). I'm very
pleased to continue to work as a member of Infinity³ Productions
- they are a fantastic team.Now you can see these wonderful
films for yourselves! Check it out at the Film
Credits page, under Film Reels. Enjoy!
September
2, 2004
Last
weekend had me put the finishing touches on a couple of 'mini-scores'
- music for a couple of minute long shorts which are to be entered
in the One Minute Film and Video Festival (http://www.minutefilmfest.com/),
under the theme of 'Firsts'. "Stealing First" (dir. Shawn Willings,
Jason Leaver) was shot, edited, dubbed within a whirlwind three
days, but the result is wonderful. Again, as soon as I get my
cold, clammy hands on the copies of these fine films, up they
go! The next project I will be engaging on with this talented
pair will be "Grey County", a zombie flick. Zombies
are amazing; I can't wait.
August
25, 2004
Tien,
the short about one woman's revenge on the Asian mafia, premiered
on August 21, 2004, at Ryerson University. It was the final
product of a lot of sweat and tears ( everyone managed to keep
their blood inside their bodies!) and it was great to see it
come together. It is currently being re-cut for submission to
the "Emergeandsee" (www.emergeandsee.org)
festival in Berlin, so I should have some clips to show in the
near future. I will be posting updates to the site showcasing
my favorite musical moments in the film, as well.
August
05, 2004
Currently,
I am working on a couple of very exciting projects for some
very talented directors. One short film is a dark comedy about
a man and his bong... an evil and insidious bong! The other
is a 20 minute short action flick - kind of an asian mafia/detective
thriller/revenge theme in three parts, written and directed
by three different people! I am having a terrific time with
both of these productions and will post more details (and music)
as they are available!
July
22, 2004
The
Official Launch of www.adrianelliscomposer.com!
This
is it: I am finally online, and ready to roll. Thanks to everyone
for your great feedback and suggestions. Keep them coming! Please
visit often for updates and
new additions to the music pages and new links, as well as other
events.
